Windows Chief Leaving Microsoft in Cloud-, AI-Focused Reorganization

Microsoft's executive leadership is being reorganized, reflecting the Redmond, Wash., technology giant's continual evolution from a maker of packaged software products to a provider of artificial intelligence technologies and cloud computing services. In an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined how the company is being arranged into three distinct engineering groups in the months ahead, namely Experiences & Devices, Cloud AI Platform and AI Research. "This reorganization clearly outlines Microsoft's priorities--cloud, coupled with AI, and an improved experience for users of Microsoft's applications," Ed Anderson, research vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, told eWEEK. "In the past, Windows was always the focus. This move reiterates the cloud-first priority that Microsoft has been stating for some time."